Worked in Snow Leopard and now gives error 51 and the sudo restart system command in Terminal i used to use doesn't work. Any idea?
MacOS – How to make the Cisco VPN Client work with Lion
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I do have my own OpenVPN server running on Linode, and I use Tunnelblick to connect to it. Works flawlessly.
There's a guide on Linode's library to help you set things up.
I don't know if this option was also available in Snow Leopard, but if you are on Lion you could try the following:
- Set up the native cisco client - if you don't know how, you can use this handy guide I created a few days back
- Once you have tried and confirmed that everything works, your VPN connection should show up as one of the options in the Internet Sharing part of Preferences Sharing.
- select the connection, choose on which network connection you'd like to share it and you're done.
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Have you tried using the on-board Cisco VPN Client? I had serious issues with Cisco's client (it kept kernel panik-ing my Mac) and had the IT department help me set up the built in client.
It basically works the same way as it does on an iPhone or iPad, so if you can connect with that device, you should be able to do so as well with your Mac.
What I needed:
Login was done by using Active Directory authentication.
This is how I set it up:
In System Preferences -> Network hit the
+button on the bottom of the list. The following dialog will open upAs you can see you'll need to choose
VPNfor the Interface andCisco IPSecfor the VPN Type. Name it as you please.You'll find your newly created entry in the list, select it and you'll get a similar picture
Enter the IP Address you got from your IT department. You can leave the login stuff empty as you'll be prompted when connecting.
Hit the
Authentication Settings...button.Enter the group name (IT) and the shared secret. If your IT guys don't want to hand the data out to you, then ask them to kindly enter it for you.
Hit OK and then Apply your settings and you should be pretty much able to connect now. I like to have the
Show VPN status in menu baroption enabled in order to have quick access to turn on and off the connection.I also had to add one additional thing in order to be able to access remote computers just by their name instead of having to type name.domain. To do so I hit the
Advanced...button and added our domain name to the Search Domains.Hope it helps.